• Publisher: Koei
  • Release Date: May 6, 2004
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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

User Score
8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

Summary: When the political power of the Ashikaga Shogunate collapsed in the succession dispute of 1467, the islands of Japan erupted in a series of major wars. This era in Japanese history became known as the Sengoku or "warring states" period. SAMURAI WARRIORS explores this dramatic era and combines it with the Tactical Action excitement KOEI has become known for. SAMURAI WARRIORS stars the brave Sanada Yukimura, who leads an elite band of samurai and ninja. Sanada?s journey will take him to the hallowed Japanese battlefields of Okehazama and Kawanakajima and inside the embattled walls of Osaka Castle where he will come face-to-face with gun-toting troops, echelons of ninja, and deadly kunoichi (female ninja). Players can choose the role of Sanada Yukimura or other legendary samurai and ninja. The game will herald the rise of the indispensable ninja, Hattori Hanzo, from the shadows of history, as well as the reemergence of KOEI?s powerful and mysterious Oda Nobunaga. Missions evolve depending on player performance and the tide of battle. Success or failure can affect scenarios in later stages. With 500 variations, the chain of missions is unique with each play, adding depth while heightening the urgency and excitement of combat. Samurai Warriors? AFS (auto-formation system) randomly generates castle levels and conquest routes offering a new experience with each play. [KOEI]
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Rating: T
Developer: Omega Force
Genre(s): Action, Beat-'Em-Up
Number of Players:1-2 Players
ESRB Descriptors:Suggestive Themes Violence
Sound:Dolby Pro Logic II
Offline Modes:Competitive
Cast Credit
Charles de Vries Voice Direction
Hisao Egawa Voice: Goemon Ishikawa, Various
Keiko Yamazaki CG Design
Hiroshi Kataoka Main Programmer
Takahiro Kawachi Voice: Yoshimoto Imagawa, Various
Daisuke Gori Voice: Shingen Takeda
Hisashi Koinuma Director
Kazuhiro Echigoya Game Designer
Toshiyuki Takeyasu CG Director
Michihiko Shichi Sound Director
Takamitsu Yamamoto Planning
Atsushi Arai Planning
Hiroshi Kimata Planning
Satoshi Anezeki Planning
Takahiro Kawai Planning
Dai Kawai Planning
Jun Kawahara Planning
Yoko Kuno Planning
Makoto Yamaguchi Planning
Satoshi Deushi Planning
Shu Matsumoto Planning
Shungo Nishimura Scenario And Event Design
Akira Ishiguro Scenario And Event Design
Hiroyuki Numoto Scenario And Event Design
Toshio Ohtake Pragramming
Yutaka Kobayashi Programming
Yuichi Sato Programming
Shinichi Kanai Programming
Franklyn Tamalenus Programming
Kazumaru Yui Programming
Hiroyuki Suwahara Character Design
Toshiharu Suzuki Character Design
Kenji Nakajo Sound Design
Mari Yoshida Sound Design
MASA Sound Design
Yasuhiro Masawa Sound Design
Shinichiro Nakamura Sound Design
Masato Koike Sound Design
Ippo Igarashi Sound Design
Hidehisa Nakazono Sound Design
Tsukasa Satoh Japanese Voice Director
Jurota Kosugi Voice: Nobunaga Oda
Joji Nakata Voice: Kenshin Uesugi, Ieyasu Tokugawa
Naomi Shindo Voice: Ranmaru Mori
Hiroshi Isobe Voice: Magoichi Saika, Narration
Takaya Karoda Voice: Hanzo Hattori, Various
Munehiro Tokita Voice: Hideyoshi Hashiba, Dozan Saito, Various
Yugo Takahashi Various
Keisuke Baba Various
Takayuki Sasada Nagamasa Azai, Various
Efton Geary Voice Direction
Efton Geary Voice Producer
VOICEGROUP English Voice Recordings Produced By
Hollywood English Voice Recordings Produced By
Julien Cook Sound Editing And Design
Toshihiko Kamei Motion Actors
Tora Kojima Motion Actors
Kaoru Yoshida Motion Actors
Hideki Sugiguchi Motion Actors
Toshihiro Ogura Motion Actors
Minami Taguchi Motion Actors
Yukinori Yokoyama Localization Producer
Robin Kodaira Localization Staff
James S. Felper Localization Staff
Tatsuo Mikami Localization Staff
Yoshiki Sugiyama Producer
Kazuya Ohshima CG Design
Takahiro Sakuma CG Design
Keita Kobayashi CG Design
Sachio Kusakabe CG Design
Yuka Orihashi CG Design
Wataru Suzuki CG Design
Kentaro Yamamoto CG Design
Tsuyoshi Fukuyama CG Design
Azusa Kato CG Design
Kazutaka Kurosaka CG Design
Bungo Ohshita CG Design
Jun Fujii CG Design
Yuko Yoshimura CG Design
Hiroshi Ohshima CG Design
Hideshi Tatara CG Design
Chiharu Suzuki CG Design
Yuta Matsunaga CG Design
Atsushi Ota CG Design
Yoshihiro Nakamura CG Design
Ayuma Fukase CG Design
Satoshi Saka CG Design
Daisuke Kojima CG Design
Jun Yasuda CG Design
Takeshi Nakashima CG Design
Kumiko Yoshikawa CG Design
Saori Yamanouchi CG Design
Kenichi Izawa CG Design
Takahito Otome CG Design
Yasukazu Ono CG Design
Yukiko Shiiyama CG Design
Junko Tanno CG Design
Takeo Miyamoto CG Design
Hiroshi Shoji CG Design
Tomomi Kiryu CG Design
Koji Yamada CG Design
George Ikezawa CG Design
Mikio Matsunami CG Design
Yuzuru Hangai CG Design
Hiroshi Moriguchi CG Design
Wataru Maeda CG Design
Melissa Williamson English Voice - Lady Noh
Takeshi Kusao Voice: Yukimura Sanada
Yƫji Ueda Voice: Keiji Maeda
Hikaru Midorikawa Voice: Mitsuhide Akechi, Edit Man
Yuko Nagashima Voice: Kunoichi
Mariko Suzuki Voice: Noh, Various
Nobuyuki Hiyama Voice: Masamune Date, Kennyo Honganji
Doug Stone Voice Direction
Ai Maeda Voice: Oichi, Edit Woman
Wakana Yamazaki Voice: Okuni
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